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Patchwork 3D 2024 X7

Operations on Surfaces

The operations associated with surfaces can be found in the menu Surface of Shaper or in the tab Geometries from the sidebar of Shaper :

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Operation

Description

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Duplicate

Makes a copy of the selected surfaces in the active layer. The original surfaces are unselected and the duplicate surfaces are selected instead.

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Move

Moves all the selected surfaces into the active layer.

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Properties

Opens the Surface Properties (Shaper Editor).

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Randomize Surface Color

Changes randomly the color of the highlighted surface(s).

For example, this allows the surfaces of geometry to stand out with different colors when you have imported a CAD file into Patchwork 3D.

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Delete

Deletes the selected surfaces.

Certain operations are available only from the Surface menu:

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Operation

Description

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Duplicate with Symmetry

Duplicates a surface using a symmetry function. The duplicated surface is fully independent of the original, unlike the surface symmetry property, which can be activated in the Surface Properties.

The surfaces duplicated in symmetry are highlighted.

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Copy

Copies the selected surfaces to the clipboard.

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Cut

Cuts the selected surfaces to the clipboard.

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Paste

Pastes the contents of the clipboard in the active layer.

XY ​symmetrical duplication.
XY ​symmetrical duplication

XY symmetrical duplication.